Coat hanger



ct. 16 E923. L470,925

E: KLEIN ET AL COAT HANCTER Filed Oct. 22. 1921 Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE KLEIN, SAMUEL KLE1N, AND MORRIS KLEIN, OF SOU'1H PASADENA,

. CALIFORLJIA.

COAT RANGER.

Application led October 22, 1921.

T alZ whom it may cmwem:

Be it known that we, EUGENE KLEIN,

SAMUEL KLEIN, and MORRIS KLEIN, citizens' of the United States, and residents of South 5 Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coat Hangars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coat hangers, and more particularly to a type of 0at hanger adapted to be formed of light we1ght sheet material, such as paper, paper pulp, fibre or the like, and adapted to be molded into form suitable for receiving and holding garments such as coats, vests, trousers, skirts andthe like.

Another object is to provide in a coat hangar of the charater mentioned,aa coat hanger having a poition thereof prched in the center and With indinedportions xtendin outwa1rdly therefrom for receizi'nd ho%ding a coat or the lik, and a central portion connected with said' coat receiving portion and proVided With slides extensibly 26 supported thereon,; whereby garments of greater width than the body of the hanger ma be supported when not in use.

ther objects Will appear as the description progresseS.

30 We have illustrated two separate forms of our invention in the accompznying draW- ings, in which:

Fig, 1 is a side view of one form of our improved coat hanger, provided With extensible slides foi accommodating the hanger t0.

garments of diflzerent width.

Fi 2 is a section of the same on line 2,

2 of ig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged similar section of 40 the same, showing the details'thereof.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a if1odified form of hanger; and Fig. 5 is a section thereof "on line 5, 5, of Fig. 4.

' Our improvements consists primarily and in a coat.hanger formed of sheet material such as fabric, paper, fibre pulp or the like, including halved body portions molded into form and glued or otherwise suitably held together for use, thus providing a simple, economical, compact hanger of light weight and adapted for supporting difierent kinds of garxnents when not in use. For instance, We may use sheets of paper such as old newspaper, wrapping paper,

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' fabric or other material by first applying a coat of adhesive substance on the sides of each of the sheets and thereafter pressing several sheets together and molding the structure thus provided into a suitable form for carrying out the purposes of our invention. Thus, the hangar is built up of a plu rality of laminations which may be readily molded into the desired form and reinforced by beads of ribs around the edges so as to prevent the bending or warping of the structure, and to lend rigidity and strength thereto.

Such a structure is shown in the draw- .ings, and Will be now described.

posed of a pair of substantially similar and mating body members B and B built up of a plurality of laminations of sheet material, and molded into form. In the preferred form of structure shown, we provide a web portion W for each of said body members, Which has a se1hi-circular bead b around the upper edge thereof, and a similar but smaller bear b extending across the lower portion thereof.

The meeting edges of the bead portions I) and 6 are overlapped as at 2, 2 in Fig. 3, and the web portions W, W are held in abut-' ting position so as to form a web of double thickness between the 'bead portions I) and I), and so that the said bead portions when the bends B and B are attached tdgether -1nay be of substantially circular cross sectwn,thus prowding a reinforcement around the edge of the structure for lending rigidity and strength'thereto.

The larger bead 6 has a central arched horizontal portions 6 6 extending inwardiy from the ends e, e, and connectin with an,arched portion a in the center. t Will be noted that the arched portion a is formed on a radius of substantially greafer length than the arched portion a in the center of the upper bead 6.

In the center of the hanger we provide the usual form of hood H which has a stem 7L extending downwardly through the cen ter of the upper bead 6, and into the interior thereof, where it is provided with a head la against which is helda metallic strap C which has its ends c, C extending through the opposite sides of the bead 6 and bent over the outer surfaces of said beads, as shown in Fig. 3.

The hook H is thus securely attached to the upper bead 6 of the structure, and the metal strap C serves in addition to strengthening the connection between the hook and.

the body of the hanger, to also attach the tWo body parts B and B together.

The portions 6 6 are arranged t0 slidably receive a pair of slides S, S, which are of such cross section as shown in Fig. 3, as to correspond to the outer periphery of the lower bead 1), so that a gap will be provided between the edges of said slide t0 permit the movement of the slides over the web W of the hanger. These slides may be formed of the same material to correspond to the material of the hangar, or they may be of metal or other suitable substances.-

The length of the slides is such that when retracced to their innermost positions the outer ends e thereof will be flush with or,

inwardly of the ends e, e,-of the hangar. The ends e, 6, of the hangar however, are so formed that the slides S, S, will move readily thereover, and said slides may 7e extended outwardly fr om the ends of the hangar for a substantial distance so as to accommodate the hanger for the purpose of supporting garments of greater width than the hanger, such as skirts and the like.

In the form of device shown in Figs. 4

and 5, we, have provided a lower rib 0 which parallels the ortions b, I), of the hanger, and an openmg 0' is provided between said portions so that trousers or other garments may be inserted through the opening 0 of the hanger and held in position on the member 0. In this form of device the ends e, 6, of the hanger are necessarily enlarged and are of somewhat difierent form, but the construction of the hangar is substantially similar to the form shown in Fi l.

%t will be seen from the foregoing description of our invention that we have provided an effective form of coat. hanger which may be made of extremely light material and may be inolded into such shape as to provide ample rigidity and strength for all uses to Which it may be put.

We may modify and alter the structure 'outwardly from the ends, for the purpose described.

' EUGENE KLEIN. SAMUEL KLEIN. MORRIS KLEIN. Witnesses:

LUTHER L. MAGE, Imams BREEN. 

